Revealing Abba in the Psalms | How Jesus saw God as Abba

Revealing Abba in Psalm 49

Hear the voice of your Abba in Me; all you people; Listen closely; all you inhabitants of the world;

Both those who see their inability; and those who trust in their own strength to give themselves life; whether they be rich or poor; together.

My mouth declares the wisdom and the heart of Abba; that He is the protector and defender of My life and the life of His beloved; and the meditation of Abba’s heart gives understanding that He will never leave or forsake Me or allow Me to see corruption.

In parables, I utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Why then would I fear in the day when death tries to tell Me that I lack the life of a son; when the corrupt wisdom of the world attempts to entice Me to enlist My own ability to save Myself?

Those who trust in themselves; boast in their own strength for life; and in the multitude of things they can obtain by their own efforts.

None of them can by their own ability or substance raise themselves from death; nor can they provide the offering that could save their brother from death.

For the redemption of their life is precious, and of such value that it can only be found in Me; the Word made flesh; and in the incorruptible life you see in Me seated at Abba’s right hand in an immortal flesh and bone body forever;

The abundance of perishable things can never produce the life that Abba desires to give you; nor can it keep you from the grave and corruption;

For you see that both wise and foolish men die; and leave their substance to others;

In their hearts they say and believe that their houses and substance will continue forever to all generations; they trust in that which they have built with their own hands and their own name;

Nevertheless, the way that seems right to them will destroy them; those who trust in it like beasts will perish;

Their way is foolishness; yet for generations their descendants have ignorantly believed the same;

Like sheep they have been led to be slaughtered; death has been their guide; but I am the good shepherd and Abba has given Me dominion over all flesh to consume death and the grave of its power;

Abba is My shepherd and redeems My life from death; not allowing Me to see corruption; receiving Me unto Himself and seating Me at His right hand;

Abba has testified in Me; that you do not need be afraid when you see death and it tries to tell you; you lack what you need for life; or when you see the increase of those trusting in themselves for life;

For those things will all perish; and will all see corruption;

For though while a man lives, he tries to build a good report of his life through the abundance of things; and other men sing his praises; trusting in this way leads to death and corruption; just as it did for his ancestors;

For there is only incorruptible life found in Abba; and Abba has declared your sure testimony in Me; by raising Me up in an immortal flesh and bone body and seating Me at His right hand;

But a man that is trying to serve himself life through corruptible things; does not see or understand the wisdom that Abba has revealed in Me; and is like a beast that will perish.

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